Some Goose
By Keith Michael Millie is still sleeping off the exertion from her star appearance presenting the Bird of the Year Awards 2020, so I’ll have […]
The Architecture of Outdoor Dining: Restaurants Get Design Corps Help
By Brian J. Pape, AIA It seemed like the city began to change overnight, evoking comparisons to Paris or Rome, with so many sidewalk cafes […]
Food Scrap Collection
By Ede Rothaus Food scrap collection is up and running again in our neighborhoods after being shut down by COVID-19 prevention measures. Led by the […]
The 2021st Amendment: Opening a Restaurant Amidst the Second Repeal of Prohibition
By Reed MacNaughton A reader told me they wanted to open a new restaurant in the Village. I said, “Don’t.” “Haven’t you heard?” I asked, […]
A Chicken Delivered
By Laurence Edelman Eighteen months before the city wide shut downs—pre-COVID—we launched Poulet Sans Tête, French for “chicken without a head,” in the kitchen at […]
IN AND OUT
This month we observed a new phenomenon—some restaurants have decided to hibernate for the winter. It makes sense, since with the combination of temperatures plummeting […]
Working to Save West Village Restaurants
By Maggie Berkvist By late December, we at WestView News felt the recent congressional stimulus package was not going to begin to cover our West Village restaurants’ […]
A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo As I write this, America has entered a new era, one I hope will be successful, especially since the former one was […]
NYC “Housing Connect” Offers Affordable Housing
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Clarkson Square is two gigantic towers, 430 feet high, designed for 1,586 residential units, filling the entire block from […]
An Insight into David Kessler
FDA Chief Named to Lead Vaccine Response Abstracted from A Scientist’s View of Almost Everything” by Mark M Green I’ve been a bit heavy from […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS: Alex Haley
Civil Rights Historian of the West Village By Bruce Poli Sheridan Square, long considered the heart of the West Village, is home to three of […]
What’s With This Vaccine Rollout?
VACCINE ROLLOUT CONCERNS MUST BE ADDRESSED: City Council Member Mark Levine (left), who is chair of the council’s Health Committee, Dr. Cherisse Berry, of Bellevue […]
A Voice for the People
By Aleta LaFrague This is a story I know to be true. Recently, I received a distressed phone call from a neighbor: “I need help, […]
Erik Bottcher Offers New Vision for Sanitation in Council District 3
By the Erik Bottcher for City Council Campaign My German Uncle Max would sit in the best chair on a Sunday afternoon, with a quart […]
COVID Vaccines—Where is the Leadership?
By Arthur Schwartz On January 14, at 2:30 a.m., I got a needle full of the Moderna vaccine stuck into my arm. It wasn’t easy […]
Michael Salomon Morton
Michael Salomon Morton died on January 7, 2021, at his home in Lyme, NH, after a year of treatment for Glioblastoma. Mike was born on […]
Real Estate Corner
By Scotty Elyanow It would be an understatement to say that real estate in 2020 has been quite a challenge. While people here and across […]
LETTERS
Foreshadowing Q-Anon I read with interest Diane Sare’s spirited defense of Lyndon LaRouche. I don’t profess to know his history very well but my interest was piqued. I […]